Freeform Announces ’31 Nights of Halloween’ Programming

Freeform has announced its annual 31 Nights of Halloween programming, airing a variety of family-friendly spooky movies daily from October 1 through Halloween.

Many seasonal staples are represented, including Hocus Pocus, The Addams Family, Casper, The Witches, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

There’s even a few deeper cuts to traumatize the youth, like Arachnophobia, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Black Cauldron, and Disturbia, the latter making its Freeform debut.

Last year’s event reached 22 million viewers, proving that even in the age of streaming, there’s something special about catching a horror movie on TV in October.

Here is the full 31 Nights of Halloween 2025 line-up:

Wednesday, Oct. 1

• 12:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Edward Scissorhands”
• 2:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “The Haunted Mansion” (2003)
• 4:25 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
• 6:50 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice”
• 8:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”

Thursday, Oct. 2

• 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
• 1:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Casper” (1995)
• 3:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Beetlejuice”
• 5:20 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
• 6:55 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
• 9:00 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”

Friday, Oct. 3

• 10:30 a.m. EDT/PDT – “The Witches” (1990)
• 12:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”
• 2:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania”
• 4:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hotel Transylvania 2”
• 6:30 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Monsters, Inc.”
• 8:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Monsters University”
• 12:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Beastly”

Saturday, Oct. 4

• 7:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “The Witches” (1990)
• 9:00 a.m. EDT/PDT – “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”
• 12:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween”
• 2:05 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Edward Scissorhands”
• 4:35 p.m. EDT/PDT – “Hocus Pocus”